ETF Analysis & Opinion

Fiserv (FISV) Fiserv (NASDAQ:FISV) ended a strong trend higher in October as it pulled back with the market. It crossed the 200 day SMA on its third touch in December and made a low at the end of the...

Energy and Basic Materials, as well as Technology—led by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)—have been the biggest drag on expected, full-year, 2019 earnings growth for the S&P 500. Energy is the...

In a recent piece I wrote some thoughts regarding the January Barometer, first advanced by Yale Hirsch of The Stock Trader’s Almanac back in 1972. STA under Yale’s son Jeffrey Hirsch has...

Most dividend investors understandably love the idea of an 8% No Withdrawal Portfolio. It’s a simple yet “game changing” idea that you don’t hear much from mainstream pundits...

As the bull market and economic expansion ages, the current economic expansion is soon going to be tied for the longest economic expansion in history. Of course economic expansions and bull markets...

Housing and home-building related stocks have been hit hard over the past year. Case in point: The Homebuilders ETF (NYSE:XHB). Looking at the chart, it’s clear that XHB has been in a downtrend...

SummaryNew orders for capital goods (excluding aircraft) and consumer durable goods have been stable for the last 6-8 months. More commentary regarding a softening German economy is emerging. The...

After a year of pain, emerging markets have shown signs of life in the New Year. 2018 saw the the Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:EEM) lose nearly 30% of its value as it steadily moved lower through...

Wondering if it’s too late to jump on this market recovery? I have great news: it absolutely is not.But you won’t reap the biggest gains by, say, putting cash into your typical S&P 500...

Banks are at a price point where they could send a very important message to the overall market. This 2-pack looks at the Banking Index (BKX) and the Equal Weight Bank Index (NYSE:KBE) over the past...

The eight charts below are all ETFs which I believe are intriguing short-sale candidates, depending on how we open Monday. As always, I’ve tried to make the charts self-explanatory by way of the...

Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA) Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA) has bounced around in a very broad range for the past year. Since late December it has been rising and recently moved out of...

As much as I hate to say it’s now or never – well – yeah, pretty much:SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA)Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:DRN)iShares MSCI...

As the stock market cracked on October 10 we noted:Looks Who’s Holding Firm Amid the Carnage; the Gold Miners And sure enough, the GDX bottoming pattern noted in that post (and before that in an...